Bauhaus (World of Art) (1984)
Front Cover Book Details
Author
Frank Whitford
Genre History; Non-Fiction; Reference - Art
Subject Art; Bauhaus
Publication Date 3/1/1984
Format Paperback (210 mm)
Publisher Thames & Hudson
Language eng
Plot
The way our environment looks, the appearance of everything from housing developments to newspapers, is partly the result of a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919 and closed down by the Nazis in 1933. This was the Bauhaus, which has left an indelible mark on art education throughout the world. Setting everything firmly against a backdrop of the times, Frank Whitford traces the cultural ideas behind its conception and thoroughly describes its teaching methods. He examines the activities of the teachers--artists as eminent as Klee and Kandinsky--and the daily lives of the students. Everything is described with the aid, wherever possible, of the words of those who were there at the time. 154 illus., 16 in color.

"A much-needed and very lucid account...provides not only the most up to date history of that radical institution but makes us reconsider the relevance of Weimar artistic, social and political issues now." --The Times Educational Supplement

"A clearly written, beautifully illustrated survey." --Publishers Weekly

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Collection Status In Collection
Quantity 1
Index 245
Read It Yes
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Product Details
LoC Classification N332.G33B487 1984
Dewey 707/.114322
ISBN 0500201935
Series World of art
Cover Price $16.95
Nr of Pages 201
First Edition No
Rare No
Notes
Includes index.